Improvement in stove-pipe shelves



UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

' JONATHAN P. HINSHAW OF BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-PlPE SHELVES.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. l 84,009, dated November7, 1875; application filed June 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l', JONATHAN P. HINsHAw, of Brooklyn, in the county ofJackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Stove-Pipe Shelves and attachments, which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same; and Fig. 3 is a View of a portion of the invention, the shelfbeing detached.

The object of my invention isto provide a stove-pipe with a series ofshelves; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangementhereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

The object is accomplished by means of two cast-iron uprights, A A,fastened,by two clasps, O C, to stove-pipe D, the uprights A A beingconstructed with hooks b b at three equidistant points, and with stops SS opposite, which iit into depressions, and support the `shelf' orshelves when in position, and allows them to be raised parallel with thestove-pipe when not in use, and secured by fasteningsf f, or becomedetached, as desired. L designates a shelf of woven wire or othersuitable material, having brace-rods P P crossing it longitudinally,'and also a transverse rod, O, upon which the catches or curved arms bhook.

The clasps C O, being made in sections, are so arranged that, bychanging` the lateral or back-side sections thereof, any sized pipe canbe attached thereto, thus obviatin g any change in size or shape of theshelf or shelves.

Sections g g are used for a six (6) inch pipe, and h h for a seven (7)inch pipe; and, in like manner, any size pipe can be used.

I claim as my inventionl. The uprights A A, provided with diverging armshaving hooks and pins b S, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. In combination with the uprights A A, having hooks b b and pins S S,the shelf L, provided with atransverse rod,O, and longitudinal braces pp, as and for the purposes set forth.

JONATHAN P. HINSHAW. Witnesses:

GEO. H. FAY, RED) CROWELL.

